grace note - An extra note for embellishment, not necessary for the harmony or melody. absolute music, abstract music, pure music - Absolute music (abstract music, pure music) is music for its own sakeâconcerned only with structure, melody, harmony, and rhythm.
Atrophic Pancreas. Atrophic pancreas is the wasting away of the pancreas usually from chronic pancreatitis or CP. CP is further defined as an inflammatory disease that is advanced and described by permanent morphologic changes and gradual formation of excessive fibrous tissue replacement of the gland.
/panÂ·creÂ·as/ (panÂ´kre-as) pl. pancreÂ´ata [Gr.] a large, elongated, racemose gland lying transversely behind the stomach, between the spleen and duodenum. Its external secretion contains digestive enzymes. One internal secretion, insulin, is produced by the beta cells, and another, glucagon, is produced by the alpha cells. The alpha, beta, and delta cells form aggregates, called islands of Langerhans. endocrine pancreas that part of the pancreas that acts as an endocrine gland, consisting of the islets of Langerhans, which secrete insulin and other hormones.